Vol. 36, No. 2

SEA ISLE CITY, CAPE MAY COUNTY, N. J., FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 1021

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CITY NEWS NOTES Of THE PftST WEEK NOTE# AND OLEANINO® OF A PERSONAL CHARACTER; LITTLE ITEMS OF INTEREST ABOUT FOLKS YOU KNOW OATHERED IN THE CIRCUIT OF THE CITY.

WANTED.

Young married man, energetic, to

contract with owner for

^Bperation of a 50-acre farm, good soil, market, etc., only ten mlnutee from Ocean City Fruit, produce pigs and poultry to enter Into production. Mac experienced In Cape May County pn(erred; good opportunity for *pun* num desiring to start. Address, Box

126, Ocean City, N. J.—adv.

. EVERY DRY IS THE YEAR >lam „ MU | | | can get what you want at this i MatJonen . item was increased from

•tore. Whether Its for ° r *r,oftto $800.

(or your taMe or (or yr araelf, wena> ^ Th( . ordinance will be taken

SEA ISLE CITY BUDGET SHOWS INCREASE OF *6000 The 1921 Tax Ordinance and budget which was passed at the regular meeting of the Sea Isle City CommissionMonday, shows an increase of approximately $8000 over last year. This will Increase the tax rate for 1921 and is caused almost entirely by the unlooked-for emergenr> appropriation necessary to care for the storm damage done along the beach front last,

year.

The totai amount to be raised by! taxes this year Is 146.075.92 as against *38.749.09 last year Of this amount 115.194.06 h taken up by emergency I notes, as against similar notes last| year of only *2.'t?.01 An Increase ox *1000 was madt In.je salary account, and .*4000 was lap tied off the electric light appropriaglon. •in view of the city’s contemplated pur-1 chase of the plant. Similarly the water appropriation was cut from *1900

to *600.

The Item of disrornta la doubled In 1921. the sum of *J1o0 being appropriuted as against *2000 last year. The special advertising was cut down from *1500 to *1000. and the printing and

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HEWimSOlClOR OF FOEEilOEBS

MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN ORGANIZERS MEET Mr. Joseph Camp, President of lb* County Board of Agriculture, is callim

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together several of the leading farui4

MEETING frotn f° nr f®wnrtiips on January Tib

to make arrangements (or pulling acrotf

a snccemfol Comity Board of Agrioai*-

mberahip campaign daring iba

IL Full stock o' w*r ter shoes, rubber overshoes, arctics and gum boots, in knee and hip lengths, for all members of the family. Let us supply’ your wants, and nave money. PFEIFFER’S BOULEVARD STORE. Sea Isle City.

—adv.

FORD SERVICE STATION AND REPAIRS. We carry a complete line of genulr a Ford psrts. and can make repgtn promptly. Electric welding and bracing done, and storage batterlea rT-charged. Expert auto repairs standard Urea and tubes. MAZURIE’S 'OARAGE AND SERVICE STATION. 3« Ule City.—adv. tf SPEND AN EVENING AT THE MOVIES. Serial eveiy Wednesday ight; lecture* on Saturday anJ Sunday itbta. One show only, at 8.16. Adnaalonkfe and 17c: a good show tiara. Adv. tl. BOOKKEEPING AND AUDITING Sooks opened, balanced, cioaed and audited. W. F. Jocher, 10 Dolpliin 81.. Sea lale City. Adv. - The new thrift habits formed durng the war should be encouraged. An account* In the Security Trust Co., lape May. will help you. TWENTY PER CENT REDUCTION low cu clothing, shoes and underwear at PFEIFFER’S BOULEVARD STORE.

Adv.

NONE SUCH GOOD PEANUTS as those fresh-roasted ones at BRAGA'S,

adv-tf.

PIPE LESS FURNACE For Sail Nearly new, large sixe. Anply Earl M. Wadd.ngtoc, Stralhmere, N J. Adv. tf

fin-’i passage at the meeting of the Con mlssloners on January 17th. and is published In lull elsewhere tr this

issue.

CHAUTAUQUA WILL BE HELD EARLY IN FEBRUARY The Chautauqua will he in Sea Isle 71 ty on February 5th. 7th and 8th. acording to advices ree.-ived by Se-re-ary Archer, from the 6eld director of the S-varthmure circuit. The Uckets will soon be out, and on sale. NEW YEAR WEDDING. A New Year wedding took place at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church last Saturday. when D. Cafriont and Marie C. DlLorenro were married by Monsign or

Poxxl.

Who was elected Dire* tor of the Bonrd of Chosen Freeholder* st the Ke-Or-ganlxation Meetlnc last Saiutdar

Mr. and Mrs. William Shellem have as a holiday guest at their Inlet home. Mr Albert Welat, of Clayroont, Del. James Twohey. who is a student at Mount St. Joseph’s School, at Baltimore. was l ame over the holidays.

FLOYD HEWITT

JAMES F Ft’S is elected V -e-IMrwtnr of the Hoard last KatuiJay. Mr Kusta the oldes; mrsaber on the Bo»i year*, now being In hi» srv.nty-e year. He has served three tern

(he Board.

AT RE-ORC ANIMATION

ON NEW YEAR’S DAY. YOUNG j ANGLESEA MEMBER ELECTED > tDr e n

TO HEAD BOARD OF FREEHOLD-1 week of Jannary Slst to February ERS FOR THE YEAR: HEADLEY ELECTED COLLECTOR AND PAL- M E CHURCH - MER WAY IS SOLICITOR: SAUL ReV . w. H Luther. Paator. AND LLOYD OUSTED. 1 Preaching In the First M. E ChuMb j at lti.311 a. m. and 7.30 p. tn.. by Hr

Several surprises were sprung at the ! pastor. \V. H. Luther.

•ni KHnlxaUon meeting of the Cap* Morning subjeet. ReqUhSI Grant) laya County Itoaid of Chosen Free- j Evening subject. A Poor Price, alders, which was held at the Court I Prayetv M«-eting and simple B! louse. Cape May Court House, on | reading Thursday. 7.30 p. m. lew Year's Day. . Sunday School, 2.23 p. m.

Floyd Hewitt, of Anglesea. was el I Sutton. Supt

ected as Director of the Board for th« ■" ■ ■■■'

year of 1921. and Harry Headley, of WALTER KROUSE IN DARING

Hewitt U the youngnst ir.^-nbcr on the ^OMONA GRANGE

Hoard, hv'mg lust pas—d his thirtieth | AT SOUTH 6EAVILLE

ye«r. .

range will enter-

PROTECT AGAINST THE GAS PLANT SHUT-DOWN. At the meeting of the Sea Isle City Commissioners on Monday, formal protest was entered against the shutting down of the local gas plant on December 24th. and a copy of the protest wan se.ved on the Friars Gas Company. and on the New Jersey Public

Utility Commission.

It was slated at the meeting that It would, probably be three months be-

lli. South Seaville

tin at bourn ceaville uu the 22nd day ol January the Cape May County Pomona Grange. The afternoon meeting will be a closed eeasiou lor regular grsnge tr ainees while the evening seseit will be open to all and the public is esp dally invited to attend. Mrs. Eila (iodl.ey, of Swainton, was appointed to head a refreshment committee, which will endesvor to extend courtesies to the grangers at home and

from a distance.

Mr. A. T. D. Howell, Lecturer of P<

fore the City would be in a posiUon moDt ig a progreat of music to take over the plant, due to the re- >nd gpgeclieB UlU „|i be entertaining

stay Jr Washington, while her slater. Miss i.rargaret, is visiting w.ih friends

in Philadelphia.

Congressman McGregor, of Buffalo. N. Y.. accompanii-d by Messrs. Ed. Hessenhuch and F. Metcalf, enjoyed four days gunning last week, with William Shellem. at Townsend’s Inlet. Henry S. Sato, of Washington, D. C., the popular proprietor of Japanese

A fount “In pen on ,*«. Boardwalk, has rememally. Gel yours at FITCH DRUG CO. h j g i R i e City friends this —•d*. - - " " J -

THAT POPULAR INDOOR SPORT. pool, is made dmbly attractive when

quired legal formalities, and that it was unfair to the citlxens of the resort to have no gas during this period. The reason given by Mr. Friars, head of the concern, for thi- shut-down, was a faulty boilet. which was dangerous to operate, and he stated that his

_ _ company did not want to go to the ex-

Miss Cynthia Twohey is enjuj-i^ a, Me of lnBumng a new teller in

vY-nrY.lni-Ynn Yrhlls her SlSter. ......

Ocean City, ionne-r Mayor of that resort. was made County Collector, and j Palmer Way. of Wildwood, was made Roficitor Headley displaces C. V Saul, of Wildwood, who has bad the position of Collector and Treasurer for tbrer years, and Palmer Way succeeds Earnesi Lloyd, of Cape May City, who county sollctior for a like

period. Y

The Board was by no means unified in their selection. The voting was close, and in one case a tie was polled. For Directorship. Fits bold- r Joseph Camp, of M ladle Township, opposed Mr. Hewitt, and the vote was Hewitt md four for Camp. Mr. Camp then made a motion, which carried, to make the vote unanimous for Mr. Hewitt. * On the first ballot the vote betweec Collector Saul and Mr. Headley was lie. a seven-seven result being annouuced by the tellers. On the second ballot the vote was eight to six in

Headley, who was then

view of the city’s intention to buy the

plant.

It la contended by the City Commissioners. however, that the real reason for the shut down is that the plant operating at a loss and the coin party closed it down to save money

played at BRACA’S.—ndv-tf.

Fall line of fine writing papers.

FITCH DRUG CO.—adv.

Best candles all the time. FITCH

DRUG CO.—adv.

MIxr Margaret Efcrke has returned from <a visit to Wasbin&on, D. C.. where she spent the holidays with be - lather. Mr. and Mrs. Georg* Boeder, of Neptune street, will leave on SaturBay for Philadelphia, -nd will sail on next Tuesday lor sunny Florida, whtu« ui.j v ill remain for Jre balance of the win-

ter.

Proieasor and Mrs. H. Winfield Wright, of Philadelphia, spent several days last week at their cozy cottage on Central avenue, and enjoyed the gunning while here. Mr. and Mrs. William F. Jocher had sa guests over the holidays. Mrs. W. k B. McManus, of Philadelphia, and Mr. Warren Colder and a party of seven friends, of Millville. Twenty nine of Be* Isle's men hud a splendid time at the Men's Club at Geo. Whitting tot's. on Dec. 28. The next met-ting will be h-ld at T. S. Chester's, on Tuesday, the 11th. Pcstmaaur B. Frank Smith, wile and i.ulv daughter, of Ocean City, and Mrs. Simklns. of Aidlne, spent New Year’* Day with Rev. Lather and wifi at the M. E. Paraonage. Quite a number of the friends of Mrs. Tolson surprised ber last Wednesday. the Sib Inst After a very pleasant evening was spent and refreshments served, the ladies left wishing he- a pleasant Journey to OcracoFs. N. C.. where she has Joined Mr. TpUon. They expect to return In tbt Spring.

NOTICE

I aha!! not he reapoxuible for any

debt* con

myself

year with p etty New Year cards. Professor and Mrs LeRoy J. Archer spent the holidays in Lakewood Mrs. Archer’f hqme. returning in time for the opening of the local school on Monday. The trip was made hr —

tor.

Miss Anna f.ynam. of Philadelphia, and Ml*c j*nna Kennedy, of German•own, were Christmas and New Year guests of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Buckley, ai their cottage. Shell street at Landis

avenue.

A p-iat card from former City Commissioner J. P. Delaney, sent from

Washington, D. C.. says that he is

having a fine time, and Just return* 1 ’ visit to Virginia. Mr. Delsuey

slid educational to all. Inasmncb the National Grange has endorsed the

new movement among farmers known r avor 0 { y as the ‘’Federal Farm Bureau' and as j „ worn ln

the Secretar o! the State Grange has! The vote between Solic tor Earnest sent notices to the subordinate grange* , ij 0 yd and Mr. Way was nine for Wayshowing strong endorsement of the , 0 fl Vv f 0r jjoyci. on first ballot, and

FINALLY PASS ALL UTILITY ORDINANCES Nothing new developed at the meet ing of th' Sea Isle OHy Commissionerf on Monday looking toward the pur chase of the three public utilities other than the passage for the last time of the three ordinances which will govern the purchase. Associate counsel Boswell, who has this matt-r in bund wax detained in Ocean City and could not attend Mon day's meeting. The ordinances become effective tin days after thefr passage, which will make them operative on January 13th.

Federal Farm Bureau.” Mr. Howell .ill arrange to have a speaker familiar with the movement present to explain it to the farmers of Cape May Couuiy.

EXPECT BIG FOX HUNTS TO RID PINES OF PEST

GRANGE ELECTS OFFICERS. South Seaville Grange. No. 162. has elected the following officers for ’.It year 1921: Worthy Master—K. W. Rosenbaum. Overseer—C. M. Westcott. Lecturer—F. B. Dean. Steward—C. E. Foster. Jr. Asst. Steward—Albert Dean Ctaplaln—Mrs. Mary Heaton. Secretary—Mrs. Olive McAllister. Treasurer—J. A. Stackhouse. Gale Keeper—John Kates. Ceres—Miss Billy Powell. Pomona—Mrs. Ella Godfrey. Flora—Mrs. Ella Swam Lady Asst. Steward — Mrs. Nannie

Sutton.

SOILS OF MILLVILLE AREA SURVEYED BY GOVERNMENT

Way was dc-< lared elected. Mr. Jatneu F. Eustace, of Sea Isle City, was elected Vice-Director by a unanimous vole, the Secretary casting b. ballot. Other 'lominees. who de •lined the nomination, were Joseph 'amp. Theodore DeBow and Hope W. Jandy. Three new meinbf-iK an* noted on the Boai-d this year. William Stein, of Wildwood, succeeds former Director Hilton, and Messrs. Shaw and Kldredge are the two new men from Cape May Ci»:

’je

the Wildwood, where tin member he guests of the new Director, sess the Mummers' i’arade s luncheon.

FLIGHT OVER FLORIDA KEY'. (From the Camden Courier Haddoifi Id. Dec 28 -Walter K of Peyton avenue, youthful brothe#®f Lieutenant Cleon Krouse, who .ecUlt. ly died from the eflects of German BBS,’ present the guest of the gov**Bment of Cuba, following a daring ilight with three other aviators over tF* Florida Keys to Havana. Cleon Krouse was a member of the British Royal Flying Corps ant WM Injured Iasi summer In a flight «t Wildwood. Walter Krouse is a panted on the present expeditli Dare Devil” Wilson. Frank UttltJ another aviator. The young aviators mac flight over the Florida Keys from Key West to Havana without protection Irom the sea. On their way over they met with a slight mishap and were forced to land on a small coral island. A passing vessel took them aboard, liwsted them and after making repairs they resumed their Journey. Upon reaching Cuba they were royally welcomed by officials, populace and soldiers. They were presented to President of Cuba and he gave them a purse of *5,000 and offered them the key of the city. An automobile company set a car aside for their while on the island. They are now planning to fly from Havana

Peru.

tied by anyone other t SETH W. CORSON.

Fox hunting on an enormous scale.

- , - , . ~ . with from 200 to LOO sportsmen partioi» visiting uls daughter in the Capitol |pating ln eat H drlve promo, UilY- |ed by the Burlington County Game Mr. and Mrs. Theo. Fitxgerald had Protective Leagu • for the season, as guests to a theatre party In Allan- which Is now open. The foxes have tic City on Wednesday night. Mayor become so thick in the central Jersey and Mrs living Fitch. Mr. and Mrs. pines that they have practically exter George Boeder. Mrs. Katherine Fowkes. minated rabbits, pheasants and oiher

and Miss Tillle and Mr. Gustav Cro- small game-In that are- and they are ' i.ui„ ...p™,-!, necker. .making increasingly numerouv raid, -d and is now available accord!

, . ... on domestic poulfr in the bordering : >o announcnmt-j.i from th.

The card party ai the home of Mrs , (ann mem. Th- survey was made Twohey and Mrs. Gallen last week has : Th<1 b , huntH wm b( , open , 0 an> icrmine the nature of soil type* in the following as prixe winners: Mrs | iM . nije< j rponamen wbo desire to par- der that local farmers and 'ruck gr Quirn. the drawing for a mahogany u , lpgU> thl|1 exhilarating mid winter i- ra may be assisted in flttlflg crops tray; Mrs. H. D. Hermany. the non-, ^ Tht , homing dates will be an- soils to best advantage —.— »■— n — - - - - The report of the tuney contains _

colored soil map of the erea. showing; the approximate location of farms, and the ex'em and distribution of the i various soil types. The report con tains if. pages of text, describing the various soils and diarusstng their capabilities It also includes a brief historical and geographical sketch of the region together with stall firs relating to the climate and iurm practices. The upland soil of this area is. I the most pan. well drained, except in | the broad belt adjacent to Tidal Marsh I north ol Delaware Bay. where dram-, ag.- is only moderately weU developed ; the report states Growth of large j

that the Almanacs prepared for'of hantere anticipited. It will be po^h ' dialributlon among ou. Subscriber* Me to cover several square milea ,uch as PMladelpMa and New

abound In

P It Is our desire to show a little extra N*w Jenw y woodlands The red fox , mand lot all ^ ^‘income cow evidence of our apprec.aUon for your is occasionally klUwl but la more rare j the krincip»l «« * Mnrt frlljI continued patronage, and we have at ,.n th,» section lu additlon ". the,are truck crops, poultry

most satisfactory ! sport and the value of the pelt, a boon- 1 ne heave

INVESTIGATORS TO START

PROBE NEXT FRIDAY.

Unofficial information received th.* week, gives the date for the official commencement of the probe into ihe affairs of the Cape May County Board of Freeholders as January 14th. n»-xt Friday. The special commission to investigate the business of ihe Board Is composed of William J. Kiaft of Cam dr-n. and E. B. Bacon of Jersey City

udej-stood that the law

DENNISVILLE. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Auley spent New Y'ear’s Day in Philadelphia. Mr Harold Taylor spent Sunday with his father. Mrs. FYank Fldler and daughter d Grace spent Saturday in Philadelphia. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Trout and I family motored to Burleigh on Sun- . Newcome has gone t vllle to » md the winter. Mr. W Hem Steelman spent the week-end with his parents. Mrs. Samuel Woolson and two daugluci? spent tr.e week-end In I adelplna. Mrs. M. Hughes and daughter a tew days of this week in Camden Miss Anna M. Springer spent a pi ant day on Saturday in the city. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Brown and family spent Saturday in Dividing

Creek.

Mr George tl rad way spent tbiL week with 1 is sister. Mrs. John FidMJ Mrs. Uriah Gandy has returrf . home after spending a time in Heislenrllla.

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Printing with the “Timea Printing - .he investigating commission with al-j House” Imprint thereon mean* quality

lower part of New Jersey next to Sea- , noM un. : mited powers, and develop-; printing that la Instantly dlatlngubfa^ board, made by the Bureau of soils. mil be watched with interest i ble from the ordinary kind —at no

United States Department of Agrlcul- | iy ,. ver y resident of the County. ; lilghtr cost tore, in cooperation with >he Depart- . — .

•ju of Conservation and Develop-:

of New Jersey, has b-.-en r

play era prize: Mrs. George Soed« r j uounced later. All that I* n-QMlred to highest in Pinochle, ano Mrs. chand- j qu^jjfy f ol th*. hunts is a fox-hunting ler highest In Five Hundred. permit, which is issued without charge Mr and Mrs. Stewart Gemmll and by -.he Stale Fish and Game Commix Mr. and Mrs Harry F. Kraiss left: slon to licensed hunters, upon uppllcn yesterday for Miami, Florida, where | thm. . . .. . they will siffind the winter. The trip I***‘ r hunters, dm mg the season just is being made in Mr. Gemmll’s car. closed, found abundant sign* of ■axes and the route which will be followed >n the woqd* and quite a few of the fe that laid out by Mr. ArnctL who animal* **re killed during tneir per encountered good roads all the way. “*d- but because use of hounds >« not & iH-rmllled during the deer season. TWta WFBK YOU GET w " 8 no W'ncentrated attempt a! THIS mEEK YOU Get I fox-hunting. Several well-trained

YOUR*TIMES ALMANAC pupks p ; fox hound* ate assured for " use in the organised hunts during Jan-

are pleased to inform our read-]nary and February. With the numb*

NOTICE. Ocean Cilv, N. J., December 1®° The Annual MetsUrgof the Stockholder of Um Ocbasi OfTY Title akd Tacrt COKfaFY *iU be held at the Banking House of .aaid Company. Laghtb Street and Asbuiy Avenue, ’.n the City of Oceat. C ty. Couuiy of Capr Msv and S'at* of New Jersey, on TuYsdsy. the Eleventh dav ol Jannarv. 1921, •t two o'clock In Ihe afternoon, for the Section ol Direetots for • ll .e emoitig tear, and for the transaction of eneb other bueinca* CS may properly o M

I*-cted this as the —=. , - means. In preseaiting Almanacs to | ty paid by th* 1 county also goes our Subscribers we feel that they will! lucky sportsman who get* a fox. prove useful in every home, and trust — , — that these Year Books will be kept p o. 8. OF A. ELECTS for reference throughout the year 1921. | q,, OF p| CER8 . Preceding notices have feen pub iw-i ur-r-ratno. listed, acquainting you with the na-1 i , ure ol the information the Almanacs i .The following officers were e'ected -omain and a general description of by Washington Camp. No. 101. P. O S. be cover, etc. <»f A., of South SamrOta. for the year

It is quite possille that through 1921

nme oversight on

t alued subscriber* may fall to i« their Almanacs promptly; if uses occur, we ask that our at , be called to the mat’er promptpoer tha: the error may be reels Cape May County 'limes.

some of Pr. aid*

Edward McAllister ent —Furman Hilto

Master of F’onus—E. A. Gran Conductor—C W. EHenbcrger. Inspector—Artlutr Shaw. Rec. Sec'y- James T. Maxon Treasure* -John fihridon.

Fin. See’}—W. L. Coe.

_ used for hay

o'the land corn, late fall crops and tree

! fruits, but the lighter soils for pota- | toes, early truck crops and small fruits. Drained ar-as of Swamp ate used for growing cranberries From four-fifths to fire-sixths of the area is unci-a red. Much of this land, accord ing to the report, can b*- made profit..

ble for agriculture.

Six scries of soil are identified in the Millville area end are cumplet 1} (Je- crlta-d in Ihe repo: *. Copies Of thi* ret*>rl aa»y be had tree on appll- — ieu tc the United States Depart at of Agriculture. Washington. D. C

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